[Hot topic!! Reprinted immediately]Administrative work is extremely important! The manga “Administrative work for survival” teaches you the only skill to make your dreams come true: administrative work.

“Administrative Work for Survival” by Kyohei Sakaguchi (original author) and Haruko Michikusa (manga)

■ Work introduction

No artist or anyone else can accomplish anything without taking care of administrative tasks.

The only skill that can make dreams come true is “administration.”

This is a practical comic in which manga artist Michikusa Haruko has easily illustrated the secrets of office work that Sakaguchi Kyohei, who is active in many fields as a writer, architect, painter, musician, and consultant for “Inocchi's Phone,” learned through his conversations with Jim, a talented office worker he met when he was young.

No matter how talented you are, if you neglect your paperwork, you won't accomplish anything. Through this comic, you will learn that paperwork is the key to turning your dreams into reality.

“I have no confidence in myself”

“I can't keep doing what I want to do”

“I'm worried and can't take action”

What was lacking was “administration.”

Please take a look at “Administrative Work for Survival,” a practical comic that is sure to be useful to you.

“Anything you can imagine can be realized. It's just that no one has done it. The only thing missing is the administrative work.”

■From the author

Thinking about office work is, in other words, a way to realize what you have always wanted to do since you were a child. Everyone has something they want to achieve. If you keep that in mind, Jim will definitely give you lots of fun ideas.

–Kyohei Sakaguchi (excerpt from the afterword of this book)

When people around you tell you “There's no way that's possible,” it's easy to feel like giving up on your dreams, but I wrote this book with the hope that it would become a kind of talisman for the many people who want to make their dreams come true.

—Haruko Michikusa

■Author Profile

Kyohei Sakaguchi

Title: Writer, painter, musician

Biography: Born in Kumamoto Prefecture in 1978. Graduated from the Department of Architecture, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University in 2001. Has been involved in a wide range of activities including as a writer, painter, musician and architect.

In 2004, he published “Zero Yen Houses” (Little More), a photo collection of the homes of homeless people. His works include “Starting an Urban Hunter-Gatherer Lifestyle from Scratch” (Ohta Publishing), “How to Build an Independent Nation”, “Call Me When You're in a Tough Time” (Kodansha), “Mobile House: Build a Home for 30,000 Yen”, “TOKYO One Tsubo Heritage” (Shueisha), “Family Philosophy” (Mainichi Shimbun Publishing), “Tips for Continuity”, “Happy People Who Live for Happiness” (Shodensha), “TOKYO Zero Yen House Zero Yen Life” (Kawade Shobo Shinsha), “Manic-Depressive University” (Shinchosha), “Light Emitting” and “Reading Medicine” (Tokyo Shoseki), “Make Your Own Medicine”, “Money School”, “Test Preparation Course for Junior High School Students” (Shobunsha), “Becoming Earth” (Bungeishunju), and “Disorganized People” (Little More).

As a novelist, he has published “Phantom Years” (Gentosha), “Wandering Taxi” (Shinchosha), and “Becoming a Beast” (Kawade Shobo Shinsha). He has also published many other books, including art books, music books, and cookbooks.

He has publicly admitted to having bipolar disorder. Since 2012, he has been running a telephone service called “Inocchi's Phone” on his own mobile phone (090-8106-4666) that anyone who wants to end their life can call.

In February 2023, he will hold a solo exhibition titled “Kyohei Sakaguchi's Diary” at the Contemporary Art Museum, Kumamoto.

Haruko Michikusa

Title: Manga artist

Biography: At the age of 13, he won the Chiba Tetsuya Award Young Division Outstanding Newcomer Award, but was hospitalized at a psychiatric hospital at the age of 14. In 2015, he published the manga “Michikusa Diary” (Leed Publishing), which tells the story of his life, which had its ups and downs, serialized in “Torch Web,” and in 2020, he published “Yorimichi Diary” (Shinchosha), which was serialized in “Shincho Novels.” He then serialized “Yorimichi Diary 2” in “Kangeru Hito.” In 2023, he published “Complete Michikusa Diary” (Leed Publishing), which includes “Michikusa Diary,” “Yorimichi Diary,” and “Yorimichi Diary 2.” He creates manga, paintings, goods, and more, and actively holds solo exhibitions of his paintings at galleries.

■Bibliographic information

Title: Affairs for survival

Author: Kyohei Sakaguchi (original story), Haruko Michikusa (manga)

Release date: May 16, 2024

Price: 1,760 yen (tax included)

Specifications: 46, 224 pages

ISBN: 978-4-8387-3270-8

Publisher: Magazine House Co., Ltd.

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